Conveyer mechanism



Filed Oct. 17, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet'l INVENTOR. G 5 F365 GA] YA/OE HYD E.

M W M 5 V: w R m T Jan. 7, 1947. G. G. HYDE CONVEYER MECHANISM Filed Oct. 17, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i :1; r (E 0 w 1 A}; A w} l fimwr w l Q U Q w NF wig NW A w W It m M E v v INVENTOR. GEORGE GA wvoe HYDE.

Patented Jan. 7, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,413,767 CONVE'YER MECHANISM George Gaynor Hyde, Darien, Conn., assignor to Crucible Steel Company of America, New York,

. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application ()ctober 17, 1944, Serial No. 559,081 3 (Jlaims. (Cl. 19827) 1 The invention aims to provide transfer mechcessively at the proper times, as indicated scheanism wherein the power for the necessary movematically by the rotary crank arm 5 at the top anisni in properly timed sequence, the meching conveyer 1 which moves in a direction at right anism will operate automaticallv without need of angles to chute I. Also the transfer mechanism Outside mechanical Dower. functions similarly (and alternately) to receive 11 its more specific aspects the invention comarticles from the chute I and deliver them to a prehends a transfer mechanism wherein the traveling conveyer 8 located alongside conveyor weight of articles received by or deposited there- '1. The articles handled by the mechanism may on will cause such articles to be properly trans be any of sufiicient welght to actuate 1t and cathe mechanism to be properly repositioned to reduring operation. The illustrated articles are ceive and deliver the next article fed to it. In its heavy cylindrical coil springs, such as are used in preferred form the mechanism is so constructed railway car construction.

that as one part thereof is moving from article- The illustrated form of transfer mechanism is ed with of the article being thus transferred will cause remainder of the transfer mechanism is angulartion, the weight of successively fed articles thereing a collar H which rctatably surrounds the post by causing the mechanism to repeat its cycle of 9. An article receptor [2, shown in the form of operation so long as the articles continue to be a tray appropriately shaped to receive articles fed to it at the proper times. fed to it from chute l, is fastened by a support- The mechanism may be readily constructed to ing arm 3 to a shaft 14 which is journaled in deliver the articles in a position at an angle to appropriate bearings l5 extending upwardly from the position in which they are received by the the frame It).

mechanism. Another similar receptor I6 is fastened by an Further obJects and advantages of the invenarm I! to a shaft (8 likewise journaled in beartion will be in part obvious and 111 part specificailngs I9 extending upwardly from frame I0 The ly referred to in the description hereinafter c0nshafts I 4 and 8 are appropriately coupled totained which taken 11'] comunction with the acgether, as by means of the bevel gears 20 which companying drawings, discloses a preferred form appear in Fig. 3, and the shaft l4 also has fixed of apparatus constructed to operate in accordance to it a bevel gear 2| which meshes with a stawith the invention. Such apparatus, however, tionary gear 22 on the post 9.

should be considered as merely illustrative of the In the position of the parts shown in the drawprinciples of the invention in its broader aspects. ings a spring A (see Figs. 2 and 3) is just being In the drawingsdelivered onto conveyer 8 by receptor 16, and a Fig 1 is an elevation of one form of apparatus spring B has just been deposited onto the reconstructed to operate in accordance with the in ceptor i2 from chute l, the receptor l2 being thus vention, looking from the right as the apparatus in receiving position and the receptor IS in disappears in Fig. 3. charging position. The weight of spring B on Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the transfer mech- 5 receptor l2 causes the latter to tilt downwardly anism proper as it appears from the right hand about the axis of shaft l4, thus rotating the shaft side of Fig. 1. i4 whereupon the gear 2! by engagement with Fig. 3 is a plan view of the transfer mechanism the stationary gear 22 rotates the frame I 0 and shown in Figs. land 2. the receptors carried thereby about the post 9 e particular form of apparatus shown in the as an axis. The receptor l2 accordingly swings drawings is constructed to receive articles which anti-clockwise thru an are about from the are successively fed to the transfer mechanism position shown by the full lines in Fig. 3, and at hand corner of Fig. 3 has been reached, receptor 12 has been tilted far enough to discharge spring B onto the conveyer 1. Thus the angular position of the spring as delivered is at an angle of about 90 to the position in which it was received from chute I, and the spring is delivered at a lower level.

While the receptor l2 has been tilting downwardly as above described, the gears 20 cause the shaft is to be rotated in a direction which shifts the receptor Hi from the discharging position shown in the drawings to an upper position ready to receive the next successive spring discharged from chute I, the receptor 16 being also swung horizontally through an arc of about 90 during its upward tilting movement. When the spring B has been discharged from receptor 12, the weight of the next successive spring delivered from chute i onto receptor IE will tilt the latter downwardly as has been above described i connection with the receptor l2, whereupon gears 20, ii and 22 will cause the receptors to swing clockwise back to the positions shown in Fig. 3, thereby restoring the receptor i2 to article-receiving position, and returning the receptor H to articledelivering position.

Thus in the particular form of apparatus above described the counter weight of one spring upon its corresponding receptor supplies the energy which is needed to restore the other receptor to article-receiving position, and the weight of the article also causes its own receptor to move automatically to article-discharging position.

The disclosed form of apparatus also includes an eccentric weight lea which is shown as carried by the shaft i l, and which is so positioned that its weight will complete the downward movement of the trays 5?. and iii to delivering position in case the articles carried by the delivered before the latter have moved fully to the delivery position as shown in Fig. 2 in respect to the tray l6. Suitable stop means such as the leg Ha on collar H engaging the shoulder at (Fig. l) and shoulder 91) (Fig. 2) at the respective limits of angular movement of frame iii, may also be provided to insure that frame iii does not over-travel in its osc'llating movements.

While the invention has been disclosed as occurrence of the carried out by the particular form of apparatus above described, it should be understood that many changes may be made without departing from the principles of the invention in its broader aspects within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A transfer mechanism of the class described, including a stationary support, a frame mounted for angular respect to said support, a receptor mounted for downward tilting movement about a horizontal frame under the weight to said receptor, and means acting between said receptor and its support whereby said tilting movement of said receptor will produce said angular movement of said frame and receptor with respect to said support.

2. A transfer mechanism of the haracter described comprising a stationary support, a frame mounted for angular movement about a vertical axis with respect thereto, a plurality of receptors mounted for downward movement about a horizontal axis with respect to said frame under the weight of articles fed, successively to said receptors, means whereby said downward movement of one receptor will produce upward movement of the other, and means whereby the respective downward movements of said receptors will produce said angular movements in opposite directions of said frame and receptors with respect to said support. 3. A transfer mechanism oithe character described, including a stationary substantially vertical supporting post, a frame mounted for substantially horizontal angular movements with respect to said posts, a plurality of receptors pivotally carried by said tilting movements of said receptors under the weight of articles fed thereto, gearing connecting said receptors to produce upward tilting movement of one receptor when the other receptor tilts downwardly, and gearing acting between said receptors and said post for producing angular movement of said frame and receptors upon the aforesaid tilting movements, means being provided for feeding articles successively to said receptors.

GEORGE GAYNOR HYDE.

movement about a vertical axis with inter-connecting said receptors frame to afford downward 

